Category: Out of Town

Otley Common: a Community Hub in the Making

Volunteers are working hard to transform the historic Otley Methodist Church building into Otley Common, a vibrant cultural, entrepreneurial and social space for the community to meet, work and play. The project came about as the result of a shared concern over the continuing loss of community assets in the Otley area and the alarm […]

Northern Rascals’ REVIVING HER: at Square Chapel Arts Centre Halifax 25 – 28 July

REVIVING HER: is a powerful new dance theatre show about young, Northern female empowerment and identity. Multi-disciplinary performance company Northern Rascals is bringing their powerful new dance-theatre show, REVIVING HER, to Halifax’s Square Chapel Arts Centre this July. The company impressively combines theatre and dance to explore themes of safety, identity and empowerment in Northern […]

All Those On Board: celebrating the fight to save our lidos

Otley Courthouse is the sold out venue on 7 June for Drip Drop Theatre’s All Those On Board, a vibrant, heartfelt production that taps into our love of lidos and the campaigns to restore them. Otley, where the campaign to restore the lido continues, was an obvious location to stage a performance. I was lucky […]

Calling Yorkshire Artists: Share Your Vision for Sustainable Food in Bradford

Invitation to storytellers and creatives – The ‘Bradford Sustainable Food’ project is a collaboration between York St John University and Bradford City Council. The project aims to develop community focussed stories for the Bradford City of Culture 2025 year. The stories will be co-developed by creatives and a diverse range of groups in the community […]